How to survive a freefall!

[T-rav]

I found a entertaining article, Im not one to wanna try it though!!

The Free Fall Research Page: Unplanned Freefall? Some Survival Tips by David Carkeet

 

[Benny]

Haha, fun read.

I wonder if the "feet, calf, thigh, buttocks and shoulder" method would really be like hitting the ground at 24 MPH.

 

[infidel]

Haha, fun read.

I wonder if the "feet, calf, thigh, buttocks and shoulder" method would really be like hitting the ground at 24 MPH.

It would be a nice last thought lol. I think it would be more like having 5 spots hit the ground at 120mph though...

 

[Benny]

It would be a nice last thought lol. I think it would be more like having 5 spots hit the ground at 120mph though...

LOL, that's what I was thinking.

 

[Woodsman]

Haha, fun read.

I wonder if the "feet, calf, thigh, buttocks and shoulder" method would really be like hitting the ground at 24 MPH.

I can't say anything about the exact speed, but perhaps some of the airborne guys can. I do know that was the way we were trained to hit the ground when skydiving, and it's exactly the same technique used in judo, with one exception. In judo you're taught to slap the ground when landing as this distributes further force across additional body area.

Keeping your crap together to pull this off without a chute would make you a candidate for the clenched cheeks award I think.

 

[paddling_man]

There was a paper I wrote back in college that dealt with a study about cats falling out of city hi-rise buildings. We're talking a couple of decades ago but, IIRC, something like 3-5 stories were often fatal. The odds of survival *increased* when above five stories... the cats had time to spin around, go face down, and s-p-r-e-a-d o-u-t. This action slowed the descent by drag and there were incidents of feline survival of 30, 40, 50 stories.

I'm thinking that if I can spin around and face the ground, that the drag from my open mouth, screaming like a little girl, will likely slow my fall.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Heck...

ANYONE can survive a free fall.

It's the danged landings that get ya.

-J-